''Governing'' is a website, edited and published in

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, that covers state and local government in the United States. Originally a national monthly

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, it was published in print 1987 and 2019. It covers policy, politics, and the management of government enterprises. Its subject areas include government finance, land use, economic development, the environment, technology, and transportation.

History

For most of its life, ''Governing'' was published by Washington, D.C.–based

Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is part of a privately owned publishing company called CQ Roll Call that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress. CQ was acquired by the Economist Group and combined ...

, Inc., a subsidiary of the Times Publishing Co. of

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. In 1994, ''Governing'' acquired its primary competitor, ''

City & State ''City & State'' is a political journalism organization based in New York City. The company publishes a weekly magazine covering politics and government in New York City and New York State that is distributed to New York State legislators, count ...

'' magazine, and that publication was merged into ''Governing.'' In 2009, it was sold to e.Republic. On August 7, 2019, the magazine announced that it would discontinue publication, with its September 2019 issue its last print edition. At first, it announced an intention to close its website and other operations. However, it later relaunched as a website with a new focus: "what state and local government looks like in a world of rapidly advancing technology." The website adopted a new subtitle, renaming itself ''Governing: The Future of States and Localities.'' It publishes daily content on public policy in the United States.

References

External links

Governing.com (official site)
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